Sometime around mid-August 2005, the 750 or so vestry and bishop's committee members of the 92 churches of the diocese will open their mailboxes to find the first-ever version of a booklet titled Requests for Funding for the Diocesan Reaching Out Budget.

Beginning in 2006, the entire diocesan budget of about $3.4 million will be separated into two parts: the Reaching Out Budget and the Operating Budget.
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Reaching Out Booklet
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Reaching Out Budget 2006 Workshops

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Workshop Agenda
30 minutes Registration  
15 minutes Our Purpose Today Bishop Lillibridge
45 minutes The Beginning of CUPA Ted Burkhart
Richard Mosty
 
  • Communication, Understanding, Participation & Accountability
  • Resolutions - The Stewardship Perspective
  • Operations Budget - The Big Picture
  • Congregational Participation - The Responsibility of Connectedness
  • A Look at the Details - Reaching Out Website
  • Practice Makes Perfect - Line-by-line How-to
  
30 minutes Break and One-on-One Questions  
 
  • Representatives from most departments will be on hand
  
15 minutes Question and Answer Wrap-up Ted Burkhart
Richard Mosty
30 minutes The Issue of Accountability Nancy Stinson
Marjorie George
15 minutes Closing  
 
  • The "Official" form for each church will be distributed
  • Upcoming Dates
  

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  • Communication
  • Understanding
  • Participation
  • Accountability

The Mission and Ministry Task Force has spent over two years fulfilling the mandate to "examine the current process for creating the annual diocesan operating budget."  That time was filled with Communication and increased Understanding between task force members, clergy, vestry and bishop's committee members, Executive Board members and diocesan staff.  The results were presented at the 101st Council in February 2005 with resolutions that resulted in:

  1. Reduction of the apportionments for the 92 churches of the diocese from a range of 12 to 22 percent to a range of 10 to 18 percent of a congregation's general income
  2. Establishment of a method whereby congregations of the diocese have more input into the building of the diocesan budget

Under this new budgeting method we begin the Participation phase with the distribution of the Funding Opportunities in the Reaching Out Budget 2006 booklet mailed to all vestry and bishop's committee members in mid-August.

Your Participation is now needed at the upcoming workshops.  Then each vestry or bishop's committee will Participate by completing a budget allocation form - one per church - delineating how they wish to support diocesan ministries.

But first register representatives from your church to attend one of the workshops.  There is no fee for this event, but your registration is necessary to prepare seating, handouts, and refreshments.

Day Date Host Church Registration Presentation Register
Saturday Sept. 10, 2005 St. Bartholomew's, Corpus Christi 9:30 am 10:00am - 12:30pm
Sunday Sept. 18, 2005 St. Luke's, San Antonio 1:30 pm 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Saturday Oct. 1, 2005 St. Alban's, Harlingen 9:30 am 10:00am - 12:30pm
Sunday Oct. 2, 2005 Holy Spirit, Dripping Springs 2:00 pm 2:30pm - 5:00pm

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